Day 30 - Morning Peonies

Morning Peonies

8"x8" Acrylic on canvas board

by Renee Brennan Art
Available on Etsy

Day 30 - Of the 30 Painting's in 30 Day's Challenge

Whew!!  I did it (minus a couple)  

That was a blast and I hope you enjoyed getting a daily dose of flowery art. 

There wasn't a live model for these lovely peonies but instead I found a beautiful reference photo by Cathy Casey on a site called - Paint my Photo.  She has many wonderful shots of all kinds of flowers.  Also on the site are many other photographers with all kinds of photo's from automobiles to zoo animals.  You can check it out here PMP.  

I also wanted to thank artist Leslie Saeta for hosting this challenge again despite her super busy life.  She is a blogging of her 100 Year Old Home...(it's so pretty!), this lady paints', has a family,  social media guru and OH she also has a radio podcast called Artist's Helping Artist's which is nice to listen to while painting!  I don't know how she does it but THANK YOU LESLIE!!

Stay tuned for the collage of all the painting's tomorrow.

I also will be listing some on my Etsy Shop!!

Day 25 - Peonies in Blue Pottery

 Peonies in Blue Pottery

8x10 

by Renee Brennan
Available in my Etsy Shop

 Detail

Day 25 - of this 30 Painting's in 30 Day's Challenge.. Almost there!

I swiped these from my daughter's room.  She had a little silk bouquet of these pretty peonies in a little blue pottery piece that she swiped from me.  

It's ok...we like to share :)

Tried to keep this loose and a bit more impressionistic.  

Sometimes I get obsessed when trying to paint too realistic.  

I agonize over shadows and every little detail...so much more relaxing when there is a self imposed deadline and painting quicker!

Do it for the process right?

Day 4 - Peonies in Blue Jar

Peonies in Blue Jar

Acryilic

Available on my Etsy Shop 

The set up. plastic flowers. Yes plastic. 

I'm not a fan but they are good models and don't wilt. 

I added more pink than what they really were.

This is day 4 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Day's challenge.

Oh boy it's good to be up in the art room playing again!